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Family Guy Season 5 Episode 2

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AIRED: 9/17/06

Peter's mom gets a divorce. Peter feels abandoned until he sees a father figure in his mom's new boyfriend, Tom Tucker. Meanwhile, Brian gets his own NPR style show on the radio.

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Underrated

8.5

By fsaenz0125, May 26, 2012

Peter's mom gets a divorce. Peter feels abandoned until he sees a father figure in his mom's new boyfriend, Tom Tucker. Meanwhile, Brian gets his own NPR style show on the radio. Another episode where the critics might hate it. It is very underrated and the average score is much lower than the other episodes. There are some dragged parts such as the weenie and the butt...ugh, that was a time filler. I'm guessing most of Brian and Stewie's plot was pretty lame expect for at least 3 parts. The main plot was much funnier and I didn't got bored in any parts. Funniest cutaway was where Peter watching the ring and he reacted to it. Funny parts in the main plot were Quagmire's appearances (crashing to signs, his reaction to Thelma), Chris bothering Peter, Tom Tucker acting like a father figure to Peter (funniest one was when he spanked Peter), etc. Overall a great episode with a weak subplot. 8.5/10moreless
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Abysmal

1.0

By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011

Peter's mom gets a divorce. Peter feels abandoned until he sees a father figure in his mom's new boyfriend, Tom Tucker. Meanwhile, Brian gets his own NPR style show on the radio.

I only liked the Tom Tucker part when he spanks Peter for eating the ice cream.

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great

8.0

By futuramarama, Aug 16, 2011

what i liked- peter's evil twin, brian and stewie on the radio and subsequently being replaced by quagmire and cleveland, peter acting like a little kid, peter letting jake play catch with tom, peter complaining about chris needing to much attention, amongst other things.

good episode. definitely not one of the best but it did the job on good humor, so my final grade is going to be a B+ or so,i think is fair for this episodemoreless
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Somewhat good but not as good as some of the other Season 5 episodes

7.0

By tigerdude22, Jul 23, 2011

I thought that this was a good episode of "Family Guy". It wasn't a bad episode but it also wasn't a great episode either, it was just like an average but also good episode. I wouldn't say it's the best Season 5 episode I've ever seen though since some of the other Season 5 episodes make me laugh 10 times harder. Of course, this episode gets most of the points because I did laugh hard at some part. The Charlotte's Web cutaway was funny. The Peanuts' Reunion cutaway also was pretty funny. The cutaway with Darth Vader as the meter made was hilarious. Also, the cutaway with Peter watching "The Ring" and dying was absolutely hilarious. It was absolutely hilarious when Tom Tucker is Peter's father figure and Peter acting like a child was the best part of this episode. I really laughed hard at Peter acting like a child. The Brian/Stewie plot was also good when they have their own radio show. The ending was pretty funny as well. My score was just low because this episode wasn't the best and some of the scenes were either boring or just time-filler. Overall, a good but average Season 5 episode of "Family Guy". 7/10moreless
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6.5

By Canogaparkcindy, Jan 06, 2011

This wasn't the best Family Guy episode, but at least this episode brought some genuine laughs. Nowadays, it's a different story. This was when Family Guy was still clever, now Family Guy's comedy is solely focused on poop jokes, but we got some good comedy here, and I guess you learn to appreciate an episode like this when you compare it to present day.

From the looks of it, this episode didn't get the best response. Yeah sure the story line was a bit absurd but most of the one liners just worked, and this was a time when the Brian & Stewie pairing was tolerable and not incredibly exaggerated. Bottom line, this wasn't a bad episode of Family Guy. It wasn't the best, but it certainly wasn't bad.moreless
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Alex Borstein	Lois (and various)
Mila Kunis	Meg (season 2+)
Seth Green	Chris (and various)
Seth MacFarlane	Peter / Stewie / Brian / Quagmire / Tom Tucker (and various)

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Joe Lomonaco	Weenie	Guest Star
Phyllis Diller	Thelma	Guest Star
Gore Vidal	Himself	Guest Star
Nicole Sullivan	Various	Recurring Role
Wally Wingert	Various	Recurring Role
Mike Henry (VI)	Various	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (7)
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- One of Quahog's radio stations is 97.1 WQHG
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- Thelma refuses punch from Tom Tucker, due to her bladder control problem, though we clearly see she has a drink cup in her hand.
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- In the father-son montage segment the song playing is "Give Me The Simple Life" by Julie London.
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- Apparently Peter has an evil brother named Thaddeus.
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- Although referenced as being a pilot in several other episodes, this is the first time we see Quagmire actually flying a plane.
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- In the scene in the park with Tom Tucker and Thelma, Peter's shirt says "Daddy's Li'l Stinker"
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- The sign outside the Quahog Community Center reads:
  Tonight: Singles' Mixer
  Tomorrow: Finding Christ Using Just Some Paint And An Old Sock
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QUOTES (12)
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- Announcer: And now back to "Round Table" with Al Michaels, Harold Ramis, Ray Romano, and Kermit the Frog.
  Kermit: These Zoning Laws are infringing on the rights of...
  Harold Ramis: Uh, if I might interrupt for a minute, I'd like to point out...
  Al Michaels: You've had your time, let someone else speak.
  Harold Ramis: I haven't said a word, it was that guy (points to Ray Romano).
  Ray Romano: Don't look at me! I can't get a word in edgewise.
  Kermit the Frog: Well then who the hell's been talking this whole time (they all begin to argue)?
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- Jake Tucker: What's your problem?
  Peter: Papa Tom's being a jerk.
  Jake Tucker: At least he talks to you. He hasn't paid attention to me in weeks!
  Peter: Well, all in all, I think you should be grateful. I heard the Kennedys had a kid like you once, and they had it put to sleep.
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- Peter: (to Tom Tucker, about Thelma) I can't believe this! You were messing around in what was basically my first apartment!
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- Thelma: I don't see what the problem is, Tom is a wonderful man.
  Tom Tucker: I don't see the problem either, but let's go to Ollie Williams for the In-Depth Anylasis. Ollie?
  Ollie Williams: Lady's old!
  Tom Tucker: Thanks Ollie, back to you, Peter.
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- (Off screen, a girl catches a Hot Dog in her mouth)
  Girl: That one felt like my Dad!
  Jingle: Incest in the morning!
  Deep-Voiced Announcer: Suppressed Memories!
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- Lois: (Watching airplanes flying at the airshow) Oh this so exciting! Maybe we'll get lucky and see another crash this year.
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- Peter: I guess I've learned a little something about what it means to be a good dad.
  Chris: Hey, dad, do you want to play baseball?
  Peter: Oh my God, could you leave me alone?! You are the neediest kid!
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- Tom Tucker: Can I get you some punch?
  Thelma: Oh no, see, if you're one of ten million americans like me...
  (cuts to a man in a chair)
  Man: Like me.
  (cuts to a woman on a tennis court)
  Woman: Like me.
  (cuts back to the community center)
  Thelma: ...with a bladder control problem, punch just goes right through you.
  (Quagmire comes in)
  Quagmire: Ewwwwwww!
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- Peter: I can't believe you left dad.
  Thelma: I have needs that he didn't satisfy, and I'm still a young woman Peter. 82 is the new 74. I'm putting my fine ass back on the market.
  Peter: Boy, this is really gonna upset my evil brother Thaddeus.
  Thaddeus: (dressed and talks like Snidely Whiplash) Nya! This will surely affect my inheritance. Nya!
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- Tom Tucker: Hey champ. Do you want to see Chicken Little?
  Peter: Hahaha. Yeah!
  Tom Tucker: And what does a chicken say?
  Peter: MOOOO!
  Tom Tucker: Hahaha, why not.
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- Chris: I wanna get a milkshake too.
  Peter: Too bad. Go get your own father.
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- Peter: Lois, you're too nosy. Like that waiter at that restaurant.
  (flashback)
  Waiter: And who had the prime rib?
  Peter: I hardly think that's any of your business.
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- Mila Kunis (Meg) appeared in this episode, but didn't have any speaking lines.
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ALLUSIONS (11)
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- Stewie: Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger. Doh!
  
  The commercial Brian says Stewie "sold out" in is a parody of the Butterfinger commercials of the early nineties, which featured characters from The Simpsons.
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- The Ring
  
  Peter says that instead of going to the air show he would have rather watched some tape from a movie called The Ring. The Ring is an actual horror movie in which if you watch a certain haunted tape you would die in 7 days.
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- WQHG Radio
  
  WQHG was acutally a radio station (106.3 FM) in Huntingdon, Pa. However the station no longer uses the call letters WQHG.
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- Kramer vs. Kramer
  
  The scene in the kitchen where Peter is eating the ice cream against Tom's wishes and then gets spanked for doing so is straight out of Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman.
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- Azaria Chamberlain disappearance
  
  The radio talk show developed by Brian and Stewie is called "Dingo and the Baby," referencing the disappearance of 2-month-old baby Azaria Chamberlain at Northern Territory, Australia. This occured in 1980 and her mother, Lindy Chamberlain claimed that a dingo took her.
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- Philadelphia
  The audio clip Stewie plays on what ended up being their last show, was the closing argument given by Denzel Washington's character in the 1993 movie Philadelphia
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- Sixteen Candles
  
  One of the lines played on the radio sound board by Stewie is "Oh sexy girlfriend" is taken from the movie Sixteen Candles.
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- Three Wishes
  
  Three Wishes was a short-lived TV show starring Christian pop star Amy Grant trying to better the lives of the unfortunate.
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- Peanuts
  
  The Peanuts were a comic strip, cartoon, and several movies featuring the famous characters of Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
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- Brian: ...free boob jobs courtesy of Dr. John Viener.
  
  John Viener is a comedian, actor, and voice talent that commonly can be heard on episodes of Family Guy. He has also written a couple episodes of Family Guy as well.
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- Darth Vader
  
  Peter flashes back to when Darth Vader of Star Wars was encouraged by his stress as a meter maid to withdraw a loan for building the Death Star.
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